Is there a way to post pictures on threads in this forum directly from your PC?

I'd like to post some pics, but it wants an internet address.

 

You need to host your pictures on a website somewhere on the internet. So, no, you can't directly from your PC.

EG

 

Greetings Ron,

Unfortunately, only Forum vendors and moderators can post attachments. Here a couple of ways you can go about getting them hosted and then some instructions on getting them linked.

Paul

First, your photos need to be hosted somewhere on the internet (just on your hard drive isn’t good enough. The Corvette Forum has a photo host and this is a good place to start. See the sticky thread at the top of C5 General on how to get your photos uploaded to the forum here:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=891443

Just remember that photos sent to the forum need to be approved before they will show up in your album. An alternative is to sign up for a site like www.photobucket.com

Go to your Photo page.

Select (single left click) the image that you want to post so that it is enlarged and opened on the page that you are on.

Single right click on the photo and select properties from the bottom of the menu
Find the Address (URL) line in the middle of the dialogue box that comes up
It will look something like this:

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/phot...05corr-med.jpg

With your mouse, single left click and drag across the address line from bottom right to top left starting at the g in jpg and finish with the h in http. Now press Ctrl C this will copy the address information

Create a reply and copy the information using Ctrl V to the reply box.

Now put IMG] in front of the http and place [/IMG] after the g in jpg
Note that you will need to add [ in front of the first [IMG] so it looks like this. (If I had done it in this message it would have tried to insert a picture.)

In your reply the results should look like this:

IMG]http://forums.corvetteforum.com/photopost/data/1033/33084PB278705corr-med.jpg[/IMG] – again with the leading [.

And the photo will look like this in the post




And that’s it!

 

Let see if this work!!

 

Okay, here is my first attempt at posting pictures on the forum. This is my 2001 Corvette.

As I am a Comcast subscriber, I have the means of creating a webpage. So I'm trying it out.

[IMG]http://home.comcast.net/~ron.dittmer/2001vette044.jpg

 

Okay, that didn't work.

I clicked on the "Insert Image" icon, but all I get is this... [/IMG]

I figured I was supposed to simply cut and paste my web page, but no. Oh, I see the www is missing. Lets try it again.

[IMG]http://www.home.comcast.net/~ron.dittmer/2001vette044.jpg

 

Maybe I need to do this.

 

 

Whew! Got it.

 

 

Let me try this.